Combining heat and compute
Every Watt of data center power should be used twice
Long Reads - The Data Center Cooling Channel, Peter Judge, DCD
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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Microfluidics: Cooling inside the chip
If you think immersion tanks are the end game for liquid cooling, think again. We hear from engineers who want coolant to flow inside your chips
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Keeping your cooling water clean
Cooling systems are trying to use less water. Electrolytic descaling could be the answer
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Air cooling will never go away
We need liquid cooling, but it won’t replace air
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Germany: The first regulated data center market
The largest economy in Europe is the first to experience serious legislation relating to data centers
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Data centers are a conversation, says NorthC's CEO
Keep it local, keep talking, and data centers can be a welcome part of their community, says Alexandra Schless of NorthC
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Over-cooling is past its sell-by date
Fourteen years after apparent proof that warmer is better, colocation companies are still struggling to turn their cooling systems down
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Plant-based immersion cooling
Dealing with the hidden problems of dielectrics
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Data centers cooled by snow
It’s said that snow gives you two options: shovel or make snow angels. Now you have a third choice: cool your data center
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Liquid cooling: A new phase
Two-phase liquid cooling has finally arrived. Vendors are making purpose-built liquid cooled servers
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Cool vibrations: Harnessing thermal energy
A new cooling technology debuted at COP26 - one which uses thermal energy to create vibrations that cool systems better
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Cooling with water
Is it possible to run a conventional cooling system - but use water instead of harmful refrigerant gases? We found a firm that thinks so
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Crustacean cultivation: Lobsters and data centers
A land-based farm has finally produced plate-sized lobsters- thanks to a data center
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Project Natick: Microsoft's underwater voyage of discovery
DCD exclusive: Microsoft’s underwater data center experiment employed wave energy and post-quantum cryptography on the seabed off Scotland. But the big lessons could be learnt on land